Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The young man trembled slightly. The next moment, the young man spontaneously drew a dagger from his side and raised it in the air, about to stab it right into his heart.
However, right before the dagger penetrated his skin, Zhao Yao gently pressed on the dagger and said softly, “Don’t move.”
Looking at the young man who stood rooted to the ground, not moving an inch at all, Zhao Yao thought to himself, “He would even abide if I tell him to commit suicide? My superpowers are really quite scary.”
After five minutes, the Faceless Monsters turned back into their original forms. The remaining apostles did not dare to continue staying at the place. They supported their comrades and hastily escaped. Their impression of Cat Island was now nothing but an extremely terrifying place, a place they would never want to come back to ever again for the rest of their lives.
Up till the moment they left, no one actually really saw Zhao Yao in person, so they were unable to find out the current situation on Cat Island.
This prevented other people from coming over to harass them on Cat Island and affect their preparation for the battle with the alien cats…
At 12am, the midnight of the same day, unbeknownst to anyone, Zhao Yao personally went to the capital city and met a person who was not to be named.
After a long conversation deep in the night, both parties came to an agreement and ever since then, no government apostles ever came near Cat Island.
Next, Zhao Yao continued to accumulate experience points on his own, collecting items from the rewards roulette and amassing the power to face off the alien cats bit by bit.
On the other hand, when Giggle consistently failed to locate Zhao Yao in Closers World, he began to spontaneously develop his powers in the physical world, taking over every superpower organization in the United States, even the Star Cats.
Not only that, he also continued ordering the game company to increase their surveillance function on the players. He decided to use both Awareness and reality to find the traces of his opponent.
…
In a small forest in a part of the Cat Island, Roly Poly looked left and right. He made sure there were no other cats around before he asked, “Alright, Project X. There’s no human or cat here. Quick, tell me. How do you plan to lend your powers to me?”
If Roly Poly was considered to be slacking a little previously, this time, after Zhao Yao had been chased into hiding by the alien cats, the alarm bells had finally rang in his mind this time.
He must enhance his own abilities and gain even greater powers.
The same thought kept recurring in his mind.
When he heard Roly Poly’s words, Project X slowly said, “Since you asked me sincerely, I can lend you my powers. But like you said, both of us are negotiating on fair and equal terms. I can lend you my powers, but I can’t lend them to you for nothing in return, right? Shouldn’t you give me something in return for this favor?”
Roly Poly paused for a moment. He scolded in his heart, “This guy, he learns so fast. I shouldn’t have let him read books. Knowledge can really change one’s destiny…”
Roly Poly pursed his lips before he asked, “So what do you want?”
Project X replied, “I want to read more books.”
Roly Poly was speechless.
Project X said, “You spend most of the time in the day sucking up to Zhao Yao. Why not let me read books at the same time as you are doing that?”
Project X was hiding in Roly Poly’s body now. If he wanted to read books, he could only read it at the same time as Roly Poly read.
Hence, when he heard Project X’s words, Roly Poly replied, “Okay, fine. I will accompany you to read books for the next few days, okay?”
“Now can you tell me how you are going to lend me your powers?” Roly Poly said, “You always drag your heels over this. You’re not trying to trick me are you?”
“You think I’m like Zhao Yao? Lying to cats all the time?” Project X continued, “The bodies of you earthling supercats all have my superpower DNA. You just have to do what I say next. We will work together as a team and you can improve the richness of the superpower DNA in your body. Only then will you be able to understand a greater, profound meaning to superpowers.”
Roly Poly nodded.
Project X said, “Lie down on the floor. Close your eyes. Relax your body all four limbs facing up in the air. Imagine there is something all around you in the air that is invisible, something you cannot feel. Imagine breathing that in through your nose and all the way down into your dantian…”
Roly Poly suddenly opened his eyes and asked in a suspicious tone, “Dantian? Do cats even have dantian?”
Project X replied, “Don’t care about these details. I am merely using language to adjust the condition of your body. This will make it easier for your body to accept my powers.”
“OKay, continue lying down. Relax…”
Roly Poly lay on the floor for more than half an hour. He started feeling soreness in his limbs, which were raised in midair. He started doubting Project X again. “Why don’t I feel anything? Project X, are you playing with me? I’m going to tell Zhao Yao about this!!”
Project X was frustrated. “Your skills and qualities are too weak. Forget it. I will think of another way.”
Amidst the bushes at the side, Kun Wu stared wide-eyed at Roly Poly who was lying on the floor and wondered to herself, “Why did he just flip around? And he didn’t even move for more than half an hour… He’s not dead right?”
A hundred meters behind Kun Wu, a surveillance camera perched on a tree branch slowly turned and captured multiple shots of Kun Wu’s body.
Doll thought, “So Kun Wu likes such a voluptuous body? I can change the appearance of the new version of the feline robots too…”
As Zhao Yao sought to build up his own powers, Giggle also sought to develop his own Awareness Kingdom in silence. The supercats on Cat Island were also executing their own plans on Cat Island as well.
Beneath the calm surface of the Earth hid a huge mass of dark energy that actively spread and rumbled.
Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
…
At the window of a building, Matcha slowly stuck out his cat head and observed the surroundings. His body flashed after a series of time freezes before he appeared on a street hundreds of meters beyond the building.
He then walked towards the small district along a familiar route, till he reached the cat bed of an little orange kitten.
The little orange kitten smelled Matcha’s scent from a distance and began to meow incessantly as he ran up to Matcha. He bumped his head against Matcha repeatedly in an affectionate manner.
That was an orange little kitten that was 90% similar to Matcha. Aside from the difference in the size of their bodies, the patterns on their face, their fur color, and even the thickness of their fur were no different from that of Matcha’s.
Beside him, Yellow Mud said, “Matcha, until when do you plan to hide this matter. Latte is growing up daily. He keeps asking me where you go all the time now.”
Matcha’s face darkened as he said, ” Cat Island might not be a safe place anymore, and you know that. Zhao Yao is building up his capabilities to deal with the alien cats. If he fails, staying on Cat Island would just be doom for us.”
“It’s that intense now?” Yellow Mud remarked in shock. “Even Zhao Yao has a chance of losing?”
“Hopefully not,” Matcha sighed.
He suddenly felt that his head was becoming wet. The next moment, he realized that the little orange kitten was licking his head. Matcha immediately pressed on the other party’s head and shouted, “Latte! Didn’t I tell you before! Don’t go around licking the heads of other cats. If you do this outside, you will be beaten to death!”
Matcha immediately licked his own paw and started rubbing it on his head. He did not want the cats on the Cat Island to sniff a foreign cat’s smell from his body after he returned.
After staying there for half an hour, Matcha slowly stood up as he said, “I’ll make a move first. Zhao Yao and the rest should be back by now. It’s not convenient for me to stay here any longer.”
Matcha suddenly felt a small pain in his body. He lowered his head and saw Latte biting on his stomach fur, staring at him wide-eyed as he said that he was about to leave.
Matcha liked the cat’s head and said, “Alright, Latte. I will visit you again after a few days. I need to go out and earn money, or else what will you eat?”
Latte released his hold and whined, “Then can you bring me back home with you please? I want to stay with you.”
Matcha paused for a moment. After a short while, he nodded and said in a gentle voice, “Don’t worry, Latte. When I’ve made the necessary arrangements and changes, I will bring you back home with me.”
It was only then that Latte finally broke into a laugh after crying. He smiled foolishly at Matcha.
At the side, Yellow Mud shook his head and communicated telepathically to Matcha, “You have already lied to him so many times. Every time it happens, he cries for a longtime afterwards. You should keep him company more frequently…”
Matcha replied, “I know… I understand… Just that it is really inconvenient now. At least wait for Zhao Yao to deal with the alien cats first.”
